Startups & Entrepreneurship
382 books, ranked by score.
2009–2026The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
Recommended by 284 · mentioned by 612284 recommend · 612 mention284 recommend · 612284 recommend
2014–2026Zero to One
Peter A. Thiel, Blake Masters
Recommended by 166 · mentioned by 413166 recommend · 413 mention166 recommend · 413166 recommend
2007–2026Founders at work
Jessica Livingston
Recommended by 246 · mentioned by 385246 recommend · 385 mention246 recommend · 385246 recommend
2007–2026The Innovator's Dilemma
Clayton M. Christensen, L J Ganser, Don Leslie
Recommended by 148 · mentioned by 340148 recommend · 340 mention148 recommend · 340148 recommend
2013–2026The mom test
Rob Fitzpatrick
Recommended by 207 · mentioned by 255207 recommend · 255 mention207 recommend · 255207 recommend
2007–2026The Four Steps to the Epiphany
Steven Gary Blank
Recommended by 116 · mentioned by 177116 recommend · 177 mention116 recommend · 177116 recommend
2018–2026Bad Blood
John Carreyrou
Recommended by 119 · mentioned by 207119 recommend · 207 mention119 recommend · 207119 recommend
2014–2026The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz
Recommended by 124 · mentioned by 197124 recommend · 197 mention124 recommend · 197124 recommend
2007–2026The E-myth revisited
Michael E. Gerber
Recommended by 126 · mentioned by 170126 recommend · 170 mention126 recommend · 170126 recommend
2007–2026Good to Great
Collins, James C., Jim Collins
Recommended by 71 · mentioned by 16671 recommend · 166 mention71 recommend · 16671 recommend
2010–2026Start Small, Stay Small
Rob Walling, Mike Taber
Recommended by 98 · mentioned by 12998 recommend · 129 mention98 recommend · 12998 recommend
2010–2026The Idea Factory
Jon Gernter
Recommended by 94 · mentioned by 12194 recommend · 121 mention94 recommend · 12194 recommend
2011–2025Venture deals
Brad Feld
Recommended by 92 · mentioned by 10992 recommend · 109 mention92 recommend · 10992 recommend
2016–2026Digital Minimalism
Cal Newport
Recommended by 59 · mentioned by 9659 recommend · 96 mention59 recommend · 9659 recommend
2007–2023The Art of the Start
Guy Kawasaki
Recommended by 48 · mentioned by 7948 recommend · 79 mention48 recommend · 7948 recommend
2014–2026Traction
Gabriel Weinberg
Recommended by 66 · mentioned by 8566 recommend · 85 mention66 recommend · 8566 recommend
2007–2026How to Get Rich
Felix Dennis
Recommended by 65 · mentioned by 7965 recommend · 79 mention65 recommend · 7965 recommend
2016–2025Chaos monkeys
Antonio Garcia Martinez
Recommended by 30 · mentioned by 7330 recommend · 73 mention30 recommend · 7330 recommend
2014–2026The Innovators
Walter Isaacson, Francisco José Ramos Mena, Marcos Pérez Sánchez, Inga Pellisa Díaz
Recommended by 55 · mentioned by 7355 recommend · 73 mention55 recommend · 7355 recommend
2007–2026Only the paranoid survive
Andrew S. Grove
Recommended by 30 · mentioned by 7430 recommend · 74 mention30 recommend · 7430 recommend
2010–2024Running lean
Ash Maurya
Recommended by 44 · mentioned by 6844 recommend · 68 mention44 recommend · 6844 recommend
Startup Owner's Manual
Steve Blank, Bob Dorf
Recommended by 45 · mentioned by 6745 recommend · 67 mention45 recommend · 6745 recommend
2013–2025The Everything Store
Brad Stone
Recommended by 24 · mentioned by 7124 recommend · 71 mention24 recommend · 7124 recommend
2015–2026Elon Musk
Ashlee Vance
Recommended by 34 · mentioned by 7034 recommend · 70 mention34 recommend · 7034 recommend
2007–2026Blue ocean strategy
W. Chan Kim
Recommended by 37 · mentioned by 6237 recommend · 62 mention37 recommend · 6237 recommend
2011–2026The Principles of Product Development Flow
Donald G. Reinertsen
Recommended by 44 · mentioned by 5244 recommend · 52 mention44 recommend · 5244 recommend
2010–2026Rework
Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
Recommended by 34 · mentioned by 5734 recommend · 57 mention34 recommend · 5734 recommend
2010–2026You are not a gadget
Jaron Lanier
Recommended by 27 · mentioned by 5427 recommend · 54 mention27 recommend · 5427 recommend
2008–2026Free culture
Lawrence Lessig
Recommended by 28 · mentioned by 5328 recommend · 53 mention28 recommend · 5328 recommend
2008–2026Fire in the valley
Paul Freiberger, Michael Swaine
Recommended by 39 · mentioned by 5239 recommend · 52 mention39 recommend · 5239 recommend
2013–2026Who Owns the Future?
Jaron Lanier
Recommended by 28 · mentioned by 4728 recommend · 47 mention28 recommend · 4728 recommend
2010–2023Where good ideas come from
Steven Johnson
Recommended by 33 · mentioned by 4833 recommend · 48 mention33 recommend · 4833 recommend
2010–2025Start with why
Simon Sinek
Recommended by 28 · mentioned by 4828 recommend · 48 mention28 recommend · 4828 recommend
2007–2025The Innovator's Solution
Clayton M. Christensen
Recommended by 22 · mentioned by 3922 recommend · 39 mention22 recommend · 3922 recommend
2009–2023Inspired
Marty Cagan
Recommended by 42 · mentioned by 4742 recommend · 47 mention42 recommend · 4742 recommend
2007–2026The PayPal wars
Eric M. Jackson
Recommended by 21 · mentioned by 4421 recommend · 44 mention21 recommend · 4421 recommend
2010–2025Business model generation
Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur
Recommended by 33 · mentioned by 4133 recommend · 41 mention33 recommend · 4133 recommend
2011–2024The millionaire fastlane
M. J. DeMarco
Recommended by 28 · mentioned by 3628 recommend · 36 mention28 recommend · 3628 recommend
2018–2026How to Invent Everything
Ryan North
Recommended by 30 · mentioned by 3630 recommend · 36 mention30 recommend · 3630 recommend
2015–2026The Utopia of Rules
David Graeber
Recommended by 22 · mentioned by 3122 recommend · 31 mention22 recommend · 3122 recommend
2013–2026THE ENTREPRENEURIAL STATE
Mariana Mazzucato
Recommended by 19 · mentioned by 3119 recommend · 31 mention19 recommend · 3119 recommend
2015–2025The Knowledge
Lewis Dartnell
Recommended by 24 · mentioned by 3124 recommend · 31 mention24 recommend · 3124 recommend
2020–2026Building a Second Brain
Tiago Forte
Recommended by 16 · mentioned by 3016 recommend · 30 mention16 recommend · 3016 recommend
2019–2026The Perfectionists
Simon Winchester
Recommended by 24 · mentioned by 2924 recommend · 29 mention24 recommend · 2924 recommend
2007–2025The Long Tail
Chris Anderson
Recommended by 7 · mentioned by 307 recommend · 30 mention7 recommend · 307 recommend
2016–2023Disrupted
Dan Lyons, Daniel Lyons
Recommended by 13 · mentioned by 2813 recommend · 28 mention13 recommend · 2813 recommend
2007–2026Startup
Jerry Kaplan
Recommended by 16 · mentioned by 2816 recommend · 28 mention16 recommend · 2816 recommend
2022–2026How the World Really Works
Vaclav Smil
Recommended by 16 · mentioned by 2616 recommend · 26 mention16 recommend · 2616 recommend
2007–2025In search of excellence
Thomas J. Peters
Recommended by 3 · mentioned by 263 recommend · 26 mention3 recommend · 263 recommend
2008–2026To engineer is human
Henry Petroski
Recommended by 23 · mentioned by 2523 recommend · 25 mention23 recommend · 2523 recommend
2016–2025Blitzscaling
Reid Hoffman
Recommended by 8 · mentioned by 268 recommend · 26 mention8 recommend · 268 recommend
2010–2016Do more faster
Brad Feld
Recommended by 14 · mentioned by 2414 recommend · 24 mention14 recommend · 2414 recommend
2015–2026Company of One
Paul Jarvis
Recommended by 15 · mentioned by 2315 recommend · 23 mention15 recommend · 2315 recommend
2007–2026High stakes, no prisoners
Charles H. Ferguson
Recommended by 18 · mentioned by 2118 recommend · 21 mention18 recommend · 2118 recommend
2012–2023Slicing Pie
Mike Moyer
Recommended by 12 · mentioned by 2212 recommend · 22 mention12 recommend · 2212 recommend
2018–2025The war on normal people
Andrew Yang
Recommended by 12 · mentioned by 2112 recommend · 21 mention12 recommend · 2112 recommend
2007–2026Built to Last
Collins, James C., Jim Collins, Jerry I. Porras, James C. Collins
Recommended by 14 · mentioned by 2114 recommend · 21 mention14 recommend · 2114 recommend
2018–2024High Growth Handbook
Elad Gil
Recommended by 12 · mentioned by 2212 recommend · 22 mention12 recommend · 2212 recommend
2011–2026Built to Sell
John Warrillow, Bo Burlingham
Recommended by 18 · mentioned by 2218 recommend · 22 mention18 recommend · 2218 recommend
2013–2024The founder's dilemmas
Noam Wasserman
Recommended by 16 · mentioned by 2116 recommend · 21 mention16 recommend · 2116 recommend